ACTION ITEM: Amateur Radio Parity Act - Help Needed

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On Wednesday, November 11, 2015 3:50 PM, Betsey Doane <k1eict> wrote:

I have received a message from President Kay Craigie N3KN regarding the Amateur Radio Parity Act. Her message, reworded slightly for transmission here, is below. Club leaders: Please forward to your club lists if you don’t see it there. Thank you.

We are at a critical time for S. 1685, The Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2015, in the United States Senate. There is reason to think this legislation will be considered in the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation as early as next week. That is an extremely important step in the bill's progress towards success.

As you can imagine, oppontnets of the bill are becoming very active and ARRL is taking steps to counteract that activity.

What needs to be done is quick and easy but I need you to do this today.

Connecticut Senator Blumenthal is an original co-sponsor of the bill, so we know he is on our side. But it never hurts to say thank-you to a friend.

Please phone the Senator's office in Washington, DC, at or phone a local office. Or send an e-mail to the Senator using his official web page.

The message is simple:
"I'm a constituent and an amateur radio operator. I appreciate the Senator's co-sponsorship of S. 1685, the Amateur Radio Parity Act. Thank you."

The Senator's Washington, DC, phone number is posted at http://www.arrl.org/contacting-your-cong...sentatives. For your convenience, it is (202) 224-2823.

His own web page showing local office numbers and an e-mail template is at http://www.blumenthal.senate.gov/.

Again for your convenience, his Hartford number is (860) 258-6940 and his Bridgeport number is (203) 330-0598.

Whether you phone or e-mail, the key thing is to do it now. As in, today.

Because it is a Federal holiday, his staff may not be answering the phones today. If so, please call back tomorrow.

Thank you and 73,
Betsey Doane, K1EIC SM CT